Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders acknowledged Wednesday that it’s unlikely he’ll become the Democratic nominee for President in 2016. Far from a concession, Sanders will host a " Where We Go From Here Rally ," on Thursday where he'll continue to push his policy issues. "It’s clearly going to be a...

Workers at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in Madison and Milwaukee rallied Wednesday to protest changes they fear could result in lost jobs. The VA has shifted some health care to private providers to try to alleviate long wait times. Veterans groups and VA employees are concerned that could lead...

The mass shooting in Orlando last week has brought the plight of LGBT people living in the Middle East to head once again, but Saleem Haddad is weary of allowing the plight to be co-opted for military or political goals. Haddad, a writer and aid worker born in Kuwait City,...

Last week, the U.S. Senate approved a measure in the Defense Budget that would require women to register for the draft for the first time in U.S. history. Nora Bensahel, Distinguished Scholar In Residence at the School of International Service at American University, joins us to talk about what that...

Wildlife officials in Wisconsin are experimenting with a new tool called Foxlights to help farmers and producers keep wolves away from livestock. They were invented by an Australian sheep farmer to keep away foxes. Rachel Tilseth is founder of the advocacy website Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin and a distributor...

A new report from conservative legal action group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty finds Act 10 has had little impact on Wisconsin's education workforce but the state's teachers’ union argues the data included in the report doesn't reflect reality.

Research has long pointed to links between low socioeconomic status and depression. But a new study says that poverty can impact DNA and those DNA alterations can genetically put some at higher risk for depression. We learn more about the study from one of its co-authors.

A growing body of research shows that poverty isn’t only affecting bank accounts and household budgets, it’s also having an impact on health. Previous studies have linked poverty to depression and other mental health issues, but recent research out of Duke University discovered how growing up with scarce resources can...